Sorry bud, the 858 is a dud!!!!

[snopro]

Hahaha..........Back in the day, I remember going to Kuster’s on a Mr. R’s invite. Bev and I both rode the newest and bestest (at the time) and she monopolized the test riding. On the way back to the hotel, the discussion was had and we ended up buying two. Happy riders and happy dealer! Enough said.

Yep Carl always had all his sleds in top form for those demo rides. He’s a great asset for that program. Sells a lot of sleds for dealers giving them good running product for their demo customers.

 

[maxwell]

Yep Carl always had all his sleds in top form for those demo rides. He’s a great asset for that program. Sells a lot of sleds for dealers giving them good running product for their demo customers.

not many dealers doing those anymore brp must have cut back on it. Its too bad it was always a positive experience for everyone that went

 

[snopro]

I agree Sean. Sold a lot of sleds out of those demo rides. Took 10 customers to one and got 12 sales out of it. That is the one Doug was talking about

 

[niner]

but they are on the tail end of polaris and skidoo chassis change, 1-2 years that thing will be outdated again

I agree with you 100% that cat has the best chassis for the next 2 years with Catalyst. Other 2 brands need a find a way to drop 25 lbs to keep up…

 

[maxwell]

twists words better than a woman!

 

[MK4TDI]

twists words better than a woman!

Haha that's usually what they resort to when they are caught in the wrong isn't it ?

 

[Catman10]

Good day all, got the chance to put a full day on the new 858, not my sled I rode SRP's brand new machine and all I can say is this is an Ok sled not a great sled and so glad I did not buy one. It is better than the demo's we rode but not much better, I feel bad for Cat cuz deep down I am a Cat guy but man does this sled need refinement. The one thing that I will say positive is the sled definitely handles much better than my Alpha, much lighter feel and more precise and it seems small when you are on it, track is great as always and it is the reason this thing chews so well. The clutching is better than the demos but man the bottom end is so lame but the top end is pretty strong and with some clutching this should get better forsure. My nitpick complaints, it still vibrates a lot, feel it in the feet, bars just like something isn't right with the motor mounts, the pull rope location sucks and all day its multiple pulls to start it and the tether is in the way so many times it disconnected during the pull of the rope. The big thing was all the bogging, just randomly did it for most of the day and quite frankly it was hard to ride because of it, now towards the end of the day we were close to the 5 hour break in mode and it did seem to get much better and the power seemed like it added 5 hp so hopefully it is a break in problem, otherwise there is gonna be many of these available on marketplace soon ha ha. Overall I enjoyed my day on this machine, would not buy one but time will tell what these do with a turbo etc maybe with good mapping and some aftermarket fixes this will be a good sled, this is my opinion not a bash of the machine, I just try to give an honest report, did anyone have a better experience?

 

[Catman10]

Oh and also the gauge got water in it and fogged up quite badly, should not happen should it?

 

[Bnorth]

I spent Sunday riding with buddy his first day on his 858. He is coming off a 23 G5T and a 24 khaos boost. The break in was rough and he ended up doing the first 15 min of break in on a trackstand at home to avoid issues on the hill and fouling plugs. I didn't have a chance to try it but he was very happy with it handling wise and said the power was pretty decent after it came out of the 3hr secondary break-in time. Seems to be the highest build quality Cat in quite a few years.

 

[lilduke]

I spent Sunday riding with buddy his first day on his 858. He is coming off a 23 G5T and a 24 khaos boost. The break in was rough and he ended up doing the first 15 min of break in on a trackstand at home to avoid issues on the hill and fouling plugs. I didn't have a chance to try it but he was very happy with it handling wise and said the power was pretty decent after it came out of the 3hr secondary break-in time. Seems to be the highest build quality Cat in quite a few years.

Good booze cruise?

 

[Bnorth]

Good booze cruise?

Snow was good, left the beer in the truck.